Effects of yohimbine on sexual experiences and nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity in erectile dysfunction

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Mann, Klaus ^a   Klingler, Thomas ^a   Noe, Susanne ^a   Röschke, Joachim ^a   Müller, Stefan ^a   Benkert, Otto ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical global impression; erectile dysfunction; nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity; sleep EEG; yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALKALOIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; PLACEBOS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SLEEP; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0030070141     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02437904     Document Type: Article

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